The document discusses professional socialization as a process vital for developing group responsibility and guiding welfare needs, highlighting its factors and agencies such as family and education. It describes professionalization in paramedical sciences as a necessary transformation for occupations, emphasizing skills acquisition and internalizing professional norms. Additionally, it outlines a four-stage model of nursing socialization through education, illustrating how students transition from dependence to interdependence in their professional roles.

1. Professional Socialization

2. Socialization
Socialization is “the process of
working together, of developing
group responsibility, of being
guided by the welfare needs of
others”.

3. Factors of the process of socialization
• Imitation
• Suggestion
• Identification
• Language

4. Agencies of socialization
• The family
• The school
• The playmates or friends
• The church
• The state

5. Professionalization
“Professionalization is considered as one of the fundamental and basic
concepts in paramedical sciences. This phenomenon is a social process
through which any occupation transforms itself into a profession of the
highest integrity and competence. Professionalization facilitates the
organization of the healthcare teams and resources and promotes the use
of cooperative problem-solving strategies.”
(Keogh, 1997 pg.302)

6. Key Skills for Paramedic Professionals

7. How to Show Professionalism?

8. Professional Socialization
According to Cohens;
“Professional socialization is the process of acquiring skills and
required knowledge to achieve a professional role with valued and
professional norms. This occurs through professional educational
experience in the work environment”.

9. Professional Socialization
Professional socialization has four goals:-
• To learn the technology of professional facts, skills, and theory.
• To learn to internalize the professional culture
• To find a personally and professionally acceptable version of the
role.
• To integrate this professional role into all the other’s life roles.

10. Professional Value
• Commitment to public service
• Autonomy
• Commitment to lifelong learning and education.
• A belief in the dignity and worth of each person epitomize the
caring professional nurse.

11. Socialization Through Education
• Cohen used the theories of cognitive development to create a model of
professional nursing socialization through education.
• The model describes four stages students must experience as they
begin to internalize the roles of a profession.

12. Stage 1; Unilateral Dependence
• In stage 1, the individual places complete reliance on external controls
and searches for the one right answer.
• In essence, the student looks to the instructor for the right answers and
is unlikely to question the authority.
• As the student gains foundational knowledge and skill, there begins the
process of questioning the authority.

13. Stage 2; Negative/Independence
• During this stage, the student begins to pull away from external
controls and is characterized by cognitive rebellion.
• The student begins to think critically and begins to question the
instructor and relies more on his or her own judgments.

14. Stage 3; Dependence/Mutuality
• In this stage, the student begins to apply knowledge to practice and
tests information and facts.
• The student is actively engaged in the learning, thinking through
problems.
• For this stage to emerge, the learning environment must support and
value risk taking.
• The role of the teacher that of coach, mentor, and senior learner to help
the student link theory to practice while in the clinical areas.

15. Stage 4; Interdependence
• It occurs when neither mutuality nor autonomy is dominant.
• Learning from others and gaining the ability to solve problems
independently are evident.
• This is the stage when learner demonstrates reflection in practice
and is responsible for continued learning.
• Professional socialization requires a supportive educational climate
that values autonomy, independent thinking, and authenticity.
• Students become professionals.

16. Factors That Facilitate Professional
Role Development
The factors influence professional role development, such as:
• Working conditions,
• Staffing structures,
• The availability of resources such as curricular materials and
instructional tools,
• Resources for conducting assessments and supplies,
• Policies that affect professional requirements.